Free Initial Consultation

The first step in successfully finding and buying a house, villa or apartment on Lake Garda is our free initial consultation. Tell us exactly what sort of Lake Garda property you are looking for in detail with our property search questionnaire, and we will start combing the listings of the hundreds of estate agents with Lake Garda properties for sale for your first personalised viewing trip. If you aren’t sure whether you find the home you want with your budget, contact us: we will give you an immediate opinion as to whether your requirements for buying Lake Garda property are feasible, with no obligation.

Viewing Trips

Once we have defined your requirements in detail and discussed the feasibility of your search, we need at least two weeks to prepare for your first viewing trip. The first trip will consist of two solid days of viewing, usually between 12 and 20 apartments, villas or houses in your chosen area of Lake Garda, depending on your specifications. This may seem like a lot, but during your first trip we try to spread the net as wide as possible, as we are still getting to know you and your requirements, and often we (and you) cannot tell what might or might not suit until you see the properties in person [...]

Price Negotiation

This is an area in which we excel and where we gain immense satisfaction.
One half of Garda Homes is an Italian geometra, which is a sort of cross between an architect and surveyor, who will undertake all price negotiations on your behalf. Not only is he native to the area, language and dialect but is [...]

Legal Translations

Garda Homes provides legal translations of all documentation regarding your purchase, carried out by a qualified Italian to English translator specialising in Italian property law. Understanding precisely what you are signing when buying property in Lake Garda, or indeed anywhere in Italy, is vital. We provide professional translations of the offer (proposta di acquisto), preliminary contract (preliminare di vendita or compromesso) as well as the final deed (rogito) and mortgage documents if applicable.

Pre- and Post-Completion Formalities

Pre-completion formalities included in our service:

getting your codice fiscale
opening a bank account
arranging an Italian mortgage if required
arranging for the most cost-effective way of exchanging currency and transferring funds

Pre-completion formalities included in our service:

collecting the deeds from the notary following completion
arranging utilities set-up and direct debits
registering for Italian residency, if required
arranging home insurance including earthquake cover, [...]

Rental Management

If you are planning on letting your Lake Garda holiday home once you’ve completed on the purchase, whether it be simply to cover running expenses or your mortgage, or as a serious investment, we can help.
With six years experience in managing over 20 Lake Garda properties available for holiday rental through our sister site Garda [...]

Property Management

Even if you don’t want to let your holiday home, unless you will be residing in the property full-time, you will need someone to keep an eye on the property for you while you are away.
We will create a bespoke management service for you, according to your wishes and requirements, including any or all of [...]

Kitchens & Furnishing

Furnishing a home when you live in another country can be difficult, costly and frustrating.
Once you have completed on your Lake Garda holiday home and have the keys in your hand, unless you purchased a fully furnished property, you will need to source and fit a kitchen (usually Italian properties do not come with a [...]

Restorations & Project Management

Sometimes, the only way to get the property you really want is to renovate – or build – it yourself.
By “yourself”, we mean, with our help. We are about to start our seventh full-scale restoration on behalf of our UK-based clients. Here is what they have to say:
“Enzo and his team have done a fantastic [...]

9 ways we can save you time and money

Save time, money and stress when buying your house on Lake Garda.

We’ll negotiate the price ruthlessly on your behalf, working solely in your interests; access Lake Garda estate agents who don’t speak English or even have websites; we’ll do all the legwork prior to viewing properties around Lake Garda and during the property purchase process, saving you thousands in flights and hotel bills [...]